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English: Camping on the Border, near El Paso, Texas (military), Moonlight. Pershing's Punitive Expedition of 1916, according to UNM.
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Source The University of Houston Digital Library: http://digital.lib.uh.edu
Author Curt Teich & Co.

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The new 600 ppi scan is from a copy of the postcard I (Dicklyon) bought.

postmarked Dec. 28 1916; with 1-cent green George Washington stamp.

addressed to Mr. Lyle Thayer / Youngsville Pa. (no street address)

reading (in pencil); "Dear Cousin, Recd your card today was glad to hear from you We leave the Border for home the third of Jan only five more days and I shure am glad of it. as ever your cousin Virgil. B."


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current18:27, 5 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 18:27, 5 February 20173,274 × 2,078 (823 KB)Dicklyon (talk | contribs)New high-res scan of a copy I bought, postmarked Dec. 23 1916 and addressed to Mr. Lyle Thayer / Youngsville Pa. (no street address), reading (in pencil); "Dear Cousin, Recd your card today was glad to hear from you We leave the Border for home the thi...
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